Sunday, April 23, 2006

I was cleaning up the studio/office today and came upon this blast from the past. This is a friend of mine on the beach in, I think, 1984. I was doing a lot of colored pencil work then. I had discovered an Illustrator named Bill Nelson whose work I was trying to emulate.

Took the ol' hound dog down to the river behind my house for a walk. This is one of his favorite things in life. This is a quick pencil sketch which I will finish in water color. Here's the problem I running into... If I develop the pencil drawing too much, I leave to many strokes visible after the water color is applied. So, there are palces where you may not see alot of resolution in this drawing but my hopes are color will fill in the gaps and help you see what I saw on our walk. The Spring colors are beautiful. The river water in the foreground will be a challenge.